II. Circle the word that has the stress pattern different from the others.

11. A. surprising B. astonishing C. amazing D. interesting
12. A. interview B. industry C. essential D. difficult
13. A. education B. community C. development D. unbreakable
14. A. prepare B. repeat C. purpose D. police
15. A. literature B. entertainment C. recreation D. information
16. A. chocolate B. structural C. important D. national
17. A. cinema B. position C. family D. popular
18. A. accomplish B. examine C. imagine D. chemistry
19. A. desire B. mountain C. plateau D. constant
20. A. industry B. interest C. suburb D. equality

II. Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. harvest                     B. parade                C. music                 D. village

2. A.  amazing                   B. festival               C. begin                  D. arrive

3. A. famous                     B. joyful                 C. usual                  D. alone

4. A. bamboo                    B. invite                  C. tourist                 D. prepare

5. A. answer                      B. happen               C. between              D. often

6. A. discuss                     B. gather                 C. receive               D. attend

7. A. ticket                        B. special                C. event                  D. number

8. A. solution                    B. expensive           C. natural                D.  abundant

9. A. energy                      B. volunteer            C. dangerous           D.  countryside

10. A. beautiful                 B. important            C. pollution             D. exhausted

11. A. traffic                     B. dancer                C. cycling               D. balloon

12. A. polite                      B. receive               C. copy                   D. obey

13. A. prefer                       B. finish                    C. complete                D. begin

14. A. dangerous                B. important             C. enormous              D. convenient

15. A. although                 B. primary              C. elephant             D. traffic

I. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. emphasize B. equipment C. improvement D. distinguish

2. A. technology B. expenditure C. irrespective D. discovery

3. A. iron B career C. supreme D. absorb

4. A. universal B. unpleasantly C. cooperate D. community

5. A. economical B. productivity C. inefficiently D. unexpectedly

III. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences.

31. An eclipse of the sun ..... when the moon comes directly ...... the sun and theearth.A. occurs / among B. occurs / between

C. is occurring / among D. is occurring / between

32. We couldn't cut the string because the ..... of the knife was not sharp enough.

A. edge B. side C. border D. verge

33. If you have a .....to make about the food, I am willing to listen.

A. dislike B. complaint C. trouble D. discontent

38. Mary has dark circles under her eyes because she ...... only two hours last night.

A. has been sleeping B. had been sleeping

C. had slept D. was sleeping

39. They each drank from ..... glass to see what the contents tasted like.

A. the other's B. the other C. the one's D. one's

40. Thomas Mann's Dr. Faustus is a long, complex ....... rewarding novel to read

A. yet B. since C. while D. however

41. We are in the dry season: many areas of land need ........

A. conserving B. draining C. watering D. irrigating

42. John and Karen persuaded me ..... the Karate Club.

A. joining B. joined C. to join D. to have joined

34. Everything in the market is marked with a price ......A. notice B. mark C. sign D. tag

35. I just can't work out the answer to this question; I ..............

A. give off B. give out C. give up D. give away

36. Our class ...... of 24 girls and 20 boys.

A. contains B. is consisted C. composes D. is composed

37. This kind of music is pleasant ...... the ear.

A. to B. for C. with D. on

IV. Choose the correct option for each numbered blank to finish the following passage.

ACTION SCENES IN FILMS

Modern cinema audiences expect to see plenty of thrilling scenes in action films. These scenes, which are (51) ...... as stunts, are usually (52) ...... by stuntmen who, are specially trained to do dangerous things safely. (53) ..... can crash a car, but if you’re shooting a film, you have to be extremely (54) ...... sometimes stopping (55) ..... in front of the camera and film crew. At an early (56) ....... in the production, an expert stuntman is (57) ..... in to work out the action scenes and form a team. He is the only person who can go (58) ..... the wishes of the director, (59) ....... he will usually only do this in the (60) ...... of safety.

Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don't have to (61) ...... in for the actors. Actors like to become (62) ..... in all the important aspects of the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never (63) ..... them take the risk. To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their (64) ........ If they.were to be hurt, the film would (65) to a sudden halt.

51. A. remarked B. known C. referred D. named

52. A. performed B. given C. fulfilled D. displayed

53. A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. None

54. A. detailed B. plain C. straight D. precise

55. A. right B. exact c. direct D. strict

56. A. period B. minute C. part D. stage

57. A. led B. taken C. drawn D. called

58. A. over B. against C. through D. across

59. A. despite B. so C. although D. otherwise

60. A. interests B. needs C. purposes D. regards

61. A. work B. get C. put D. stand

62. A. connected B. arranged C. involved D. affected

63 A. allow B. let C. permit D. admit

64 A limits B. ends C. frontiers D. borders

65’ A. come B. fall C. pull D. go

I. Choose the word A, B, c or D that has different stress pattern in each line.

1. A. effect B. language c. throughout D. pronounce

2. A. institute B. industrial c. extensive D. existence

3. A. pessimism B. biography c. ordinary D. supervisor

4. A. electronics B exceptional c. electrify D. democracy

5. A. archeology B. personality c. appreciative D. architectural

II. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer for each question.

Noah Webster’s goal in life was to promote the adoption of an'American language. He wanted to free Americans from British English as they had freed themselves from the British crown. To this end he published a series of three textbooks: a speller in 1783, a grammar in 1784, and a reader in 1785. 

Webster objected to the way certain words had been borrowed from other languages, but had not been respelled. The result, he claimed, was a confusing mixture of letters, many of which were not pronounced the way they looked, and others of which were not pronounced at all.

Webster urged Americans to simplify their spelling. For example, he argued that “head” should be spelled “hed" and bread” should be spelled bred”. Most of Webster's suggestions did not catch on, but his textbooks sold millions of copies.

6. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Three books of Noah Webster

B. Noah Webster and the Adoption of an American Language

c. Simplification of Spelling

D. Noah Webster and the British Crown

7. According to Webster, Americans should .......

A. avoid reading his three books

B. be ruled from England

c. simplify their spelling

D. not borrow words from other languages

8. In the last paragraph, the phrase “did not catch on” means.......

A. were not appreciated B. did not please anyone

c. did not become popular D. were not intelligent

9. Webster’s books were very innovative, specially when we consider that they were written in the.......

A. late eighteenth century B. mid-seventeenth century

c. early eighteenth century D. late seventeenth century

10. The problems that Webster tried to solve did NOT include.......

A. unreliable spelling B. grammar errors

c. mispronounced words D. poor sales of his textbooks

a. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from that of the others.

1.         A. referee                    B. amazing                  C. historic                   D. invention

2.         A. digital                     B. conference              C. Japanese                  D. difficult

b. Read the sentences out loud with the correct stress. How many stressed words are there in each sentence? Listen, check, and repeat. 

3. How will people travel to work in the future?

4. A: Will technology replace humans in the future?

B: No, it won't.

c. Draw a suitable arow above each underlined word to show intonation. Then listen and repeat.

5. I can renember the names of some planets such as Venus, Neptune, and Mars.

6. They have a TV, a fridge, a table and four chairs.

Exercise 3: Choose the word A, B, C, or D that has different stress pattern from the others in each line.